D&D General Classic Adventure Themed Dice Sets From Beadle & Grimm's

Beadle & Grimm's, known for it's luxury version of official Dungeons & Dragons adventures, is set to release a selection of dice sets themed around various classic modules, including The Temple of Elemental Evil, Ravenloft, and White Plume Mountain. Each set comes in a box designed to look like th original adventure module, along with collectible coins and art.

The sets include Ravenloft, Tomb of Horrors, Vecna Lives!, White Plume Mountain, Temple of Elemental Evil, and Expedition to the Barrier Peaks.

Each has a felt-lined box, a standard dice set along with an oversized d20, two collectible coins, and four cards featuring artwork and information from the adventure.

The full set of 6 dice sets will set you back $178--but you will be able to buy them separately at a later date. The site says that the $178 bundle includes a $45 saving, so presumably the full price of $223 means that the individual sets will sell for around $37 each.

 

[Jefe Bergenstein]

Yes, this is pricey for what amounts to a VERY basic set of tumbled dice... but at the end of the day as customers we are all free to purchase/not purchase what the hell we want. If you don't like it, don't buy it!

As a business, BaG's will make a decision as to how successful the product is/was as a result of SALES. If they don't sell many, they know its a dud, and feedback may highlight the price.

Don't forget you are getting:

1. A full set of 'unique' dice
2. An oversized d20
3. A felt-lined box
4. Two special collector's coins (which can be used as markers or just kept for fun)
5. Some cards
6. Unique box artwork etc (which probably will acquire some trademark payments to Wizards.)

Collected together, even with mass production, that's still pricey and they have to make profit.

Yeah, I feel if the dice boxes/rolling trays were on Etsy for $25 - 30 people would be tripping over themselves to order them. A basic set of dice will run $5 or so. As a whole, these aren't particularly overpriced for a limited edition thing.

 

[Retreater]

I'll pick 'em up when they hit Ollie's for $3.
Good stuff cheap!

 

[Malmuria]

To each their own, but to me this level of consumerism is gross and antithetical to what I enjoy about TTRPGs, which is an outlet for individual creativity that is not fundamentally about just buying more stuff. To the point that I would find playing with a DM that invested a lot into such products (like B&G's platinum sets) to be a potential red flag, in that they might assume that just buying deluxe products will make their game better.

And to me the term "whale" implies a somewhat exploitative relationship, where for some individuals buying and collecting becomes a kind of addiction.

 

[Stormonu]

Just happened to see these in my local FLGS, so they are out now ($45).

Was sorely tempted to pick up the I6 - Ravenloft, but managed to resist. I imagine I'd have had buyer's remorse if I'd grabbed them ... but they're going on my Christmas list if someone wants to buy them for me.

 

[Vincent55]

monetization at its finest, lol

 

[Jefe Bergenstein]

Just happened to see these in my local FLGS, so they are out now ($45).

Was sorely tempted to pick up the I6 - Ravenloft, but managed to resist. I imagine I'd have had buyer's remorse if I'd grabbed them ... but they're going on my Christmas list if someone wants to buy them for me.

They're $36.99 at Miniature Market for what its worth.

 

[Nightfly]

Forgive me for repeating myself, but... if these were nice sharp-edged dice, I'd probably drop $50 or so on a set or two. But $37 (or more) for ordinary dice is preposterous. I've bought very nice sets of those for 3 or 4 bucks in the past.